Glen Cove Chapter 228 regulates signs in residence districts under the city's general sign code, but political signs (campaign signs) receive elevated First Amendment protection and are generally allowed on private property as long as they are not posted in the public right-of-way and do not obstruct sight triangles.
Chapter 228's residential sign limits apply to commercial-style displays; under federal case law (Reed v. Town of Gilbert, 2015), content-based restrictions on temporary political signs are largely unenforceable. Glen Cove's enforcement focuses on placement: no signs in public right-of-way, no signs on utility poles or traffic signs, and no signs blocking the 25-foot corner sight triangle. Election-period signs may stay up reasonable periods before and after the election, but the Building Department can remove signs left up indefinitely.
Right-of-way violations and sight-triangle obstructions are enforceable under Chapter 228 and Chapter 199 with summary abatement.
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